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A somewhat dramatic musical work popular in Germany especially in the latter part of the 18th century, usually comic in nature, and characterized by spoken dialogue interspersed with popular or folk songs.

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  • '' '' 'The Magic Flute' '' '' (German '' '' 'Die Zauberflöte' '' '') is a two-act '' singspiel ''
  • Justifiable or not, this is easy enough to accomplish in a singspiel which is made up of separate numbers divided by dialogue.
  • Native dramatic tastes, once fostered by minnesingers and strolling players, were kept alive by the "singspiel," or song-play, composed of spoken dialogue and popular...
  • However, Mozart managed to take the idiom of the singspiel and innovate with some really brilliant moments.
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